Hey yall. i'm about 4 weeks out from vacation and need some beach read recs! i had throught about bringing my unread copies of White Noise (don delillo) and/or Giovanni's Room (james baldwin) before i realized i might be sabotaging my vacation.
help me find something a lot more FUN and READABLE and, yeah, dumber than either of these two. maybe something romcom-y, maybe MLM but i'm open. i'd prefer to *not* read YA, but i'm flexible.
for more context on my tastes: i spent a lot of last year reading pynchon and tolkien. i don't want to do any of that on vacation tho. some other works ive recently loved that might be good guidance:
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (hilarious, loved it… and i actually have a copy of his first novel, tho if its anything like rejection it seems far too dark for a fun beach read)
Slumberland by Paul Beatty (hilarious as well… tho i'm not ashamed to admit that if i pick up another Beatty, i will spend a little too much time on vacay than i want rereading passages to parse his prose… no RE-READING FOR CLARITY ON THE BEACH!)
Less by Andrew Sean Greer and its sequel (pretty close to a sweet spot for what i'm looking for… and even then probably too deep in its feelings for a completely enjoyable beach read)
Open by Andre Aggassi (my favorite memoir/biograpgy ever)
I'm currently ripping through DUNE and loving it… DUNE MESSIAH may well be my vacay read, but i kinda think i just want something a little less epic/grand/messiah-y. i'm considering PROJECT HAIL MARY only because of the movie/hype, but tbh i dont have much interest in it otherwise. honestly if someone can help me scratch a Nora Ephron-shaped itch, but maybe a little gayer, i'd be really happy. don't say HEATED RIVALRY.
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The Last by Hanna Jameson
Black Tide by K.C. Jones
Raced through both last summer, loved them equally.
Wonder Boys or The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon.